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Federation’s highest honor.
He is not the only Mumford graduate to win the Butzel Award.
“I think that it’s very remarkable that there are four people in our
graduating class from Mumford who won the Butzel Award. It’s
unheard of,
” Mark said.
Larry Jackier, Richard Krugel and Diane Klein are the other three
winners.
“It’s unusual that much commitment to the Jewish community
came from one class at Mumford High School that graduated in
1960,
” Mark said.
At heart, Mark says, he is a family man. He and his wife, Jeanette
“Jan,
” have three children and 10 grandchildren. For fun, he likes
photography and cooking.
He says the competitive drive he had at Mumford led him to be
the hardworking man he is today.

SUSAN ROSENBLATT TURETSKY

Susan Rosenblatt Turetsky, 79, of New Mexico
said while she doesn’t live in Michigan anymore,
she still feels incredibly connected to the friends
she made in high school.
“Many of us have stayed in contact with each
other and shared the good times and the bad
times. When all of us turned 50, many of them
came here to Santa Fe to celebrate.
”
Susan grew up in Detroit with her brother
and parents. In 1966, she married her husband,
Maurice Turetsky, and had children whom she
raised in Detroit. Turetsky and her husband
decided to move to New Mexico after vacation-
ing there. They moved in 1995.
Susan created the New Mexico’s Landlord
Tenant Hotline. “The hotline helps landlords
and tenants resolve their conflicts and understand what their rights,
obligations and remedies are under the law,
” she said.

Susan’s daughter and grandson live in San Francisco. “My daugh-
ter, Lauren, is a senior designer at a company in San Francisco and
my grandson, Shea, created a company called Concept Central
when he was 14 years old. He makes YouTube videos and the last
time I checked, he had 1 million hits.
”
Susan says since high school she is most surprised of her decision
to move to New Mexico.
Even though it’s been a while since she’s seen her high school
friends, she says she’s ready for the Mumford 60th high school
reunion. “I’m looking forward to seeing everybody again. The tick-
ets are purchased, all set and I’m ready to go.
”

ROSE LYNN MECKLER SCHLUSSEL

Rosie Schlussel, 79, of Southfield is co-chair of
the reunion committee with Carol Rosenberg
and Eleanor Aronovitz.
“I’m blessed with my friendship with Carol
Rosenberg. I met her on the very first day of
high school, and we’ve been friends ever since,
”
she said.
Rosie also met her husband, Mark Schlussel,
in high school. They were married in 1963 and
have four children.
Over the years, Rosie has been active in the
Metro Detroit Jewish community with the
National Council of Jewish Women, Jewish
Senior Life and Jewish Family Service, “which
I’ve really loved,
” she said.
She received the Heart of Gold award from
the Michigan United Way, which recognized her service to the state.
Her most important and favorite career was raising a family, she
said. “Raising my four children was truly a career. And after my
children began working, my second career became taking care of
my 12 grandchildren.
”
The committee is hard at work preparing for the reunion in

OUR COMMUNITY
The reunion
comittee
prepares to
mail invitations.

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2022 HEADSHOTS BY JERRY ZOLANSKY

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